One year ago nearly to the day, a Nova Scotian teen who the country had never met took her own life in reaction to, her parents say, the taunts, jeers and online harassment that followed the online posting of a photograph of the young girl being sexually assaulted.

Her name was Rehtaeh Parsons and her death would go on to significantly impact Canadian society, its culture and laws, and perhaps how the younger generation perceives their behaviour, their responsibilities and themselves.

It is a lofty aim, but one that may not be as far out of reach as some night fear.

Parsons' father, Glen Canning, says there have been changes since Rehtaeh's death. But those changes have been slow.

We endow police officers with a lot of power over us, including life and death, so we tend to hold them to a higher standard of behaviour than the rest of our fellow citizens.

But they are all too human, as we repeatedly discover.

The B.C. Office of the Police Complaint Commission's latest annual review offers a picture of the kinds of wrongdoing cops get up to.

As the Vancouver Province put it, the result looks like a composite sketch of Harvey Keitel's character in Bad Lieutenant: drunk driving, cocaine snorting, sex with prostitutes and hanging with drug dealers.

The complaint commission office opened 1,091 files in 2013, though some of the complaints date from the previous year. Complaints against police must be filed within a year of the alleged transgression.

Of those, 36 per cent found no evidence of misconduct, while 49 per cent were deemed admissible for investigation. Not surprisingly, more than half the complaints stemmed from the province's biggest municipal departments —

An ongoing criminal investigation involving Toronto Mayor Rob Ford that has been hanging over the city for months is taking a back seat to other events, suggesting the case is either being dropped or at least set aside for the time being.

Reports suggested on Thursday that Ontario Provincial Police officers providing oversight to Toronto police’s Project Brazen 2 investigation had decided there was nothing for them to do at this time and had taken a step back from the process.

"I just knew all along, I didn't miss a day of work, I just kept coming in because I know I did nothing wrong," Ford told reporters at city hall. "I knew the day was going to come that I would be cleared and I guess today's the day."

While Ford has taken the news as evidence that he has been "cleared" in the investigation, Toronto police have said the probe is ongoing. Still, the revelation seems to have ended one chapter and started another, leaving sever significant questions unanswered.

About 30 people gathered in Iqaluit to shoot a pro-seal hunting #sealfie.

Ellen DeGeneres can stick her selfie where the sun doesn't shine.

That is the underlining message behind a campaign gaining momentum among Canada's northern communities, which takes umbrage with the American entertainer's apparent opposition to the country's seal hunt.

But while a movement that has seen thousands post their pro-sealing photos on social media may have begun as a protest to the DeGeneres's decision to donate money to an anti-sealing group, it has grown beyond that in recent days.

DeGeneres recently donated $1.5 million to an American group that protests Canada's seal hunt after snapping a celebrated "selfie" photograph during the Oscars. In response, Canadians are posting their own photos in support of the seal hunt.

The images are cheekily refered to as "sealfies."

On Friday, the Nunavut government joined the peaceful protest against the anti-sealing campaign, posting its first sealfie on the territory's official Twitter page.

Canada has experienced an increase in the frequency of measles cases this year, with instances being reported in more than half of the provinces and outbreaks currently ongoing in British Columbia and Ontario.

But the latest front in the war against the preventable, but highly contagious, virus could be Alberta. Several cases of measles were recently confirmed in the province's largest cities and alerts have been issued to those who may have been exposed while visiting an Edmonton grocery store and two Calgary bars.

Alberta Health Services confirmed three cases of measles on Thursday, bringing the number of confirmed residents who have contracted the virus up to nine in recent months.

Other cases have been reported in Ottawa, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island, among other places.

Concerning cases of measles outbreaks continue to be monitored in recent weeks, highlighted by confirmation that one British Columbia region had as many as 228 cases.

A number of British royals traditionally become colonel-in-chief of Canadian units. For instance, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband, has been colonel-in-chief of the Royal Canadian Regiment since 1953. Her daughter, Princess Anne, is colonel-in-chief of the Royal Canadian Medical Service. And the Queen herself is captain-general of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery.

Honorary colonels are a little different. Canadians from many walks of life are appointed to help strengthen ties between the military and Canadian society. They can be former

Olivia Chow is appealing to Toronto citizens in Hong Kong to help her oust Rob Ford.

While the likelihood of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford being charged in connection to a criminal investigation appears to be waning, those seeking to replace him at city hall are less likely to let rest a series of embarrassing appearances and comments that suggest “disrespect” for the city.

The issue has even prompted one candidate to launch an international appeal, mirroring Ford’s own habit of taking his campaign to international media.

A stockpile of Toronto police notes were released to the public on Thursday as investigators appeared to differ on whether Ford should be charged in connection to an alleged extortion attempt to recover a video showing the mayor smoking from a crack pipe. That investigation may be technically ongoing, but Ford announced on Thursday that he had been "cleared" in the matter.

But at the same time, as the idea of a sitting mayor being criminally charged appeared to fade away, those seeking to replace him elevated their attacks against the bizarre personal

A memorial in honour of Canadian soldiers who have died in Afghanistan in Trenton, Ont.

The Conservative government has quickly back-pedalled from a plan to make the families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan pay their own way to next month's commemorative ceremony in Ottawa for the campaign.

On Wednesday night, CTV News reported that it had obtained a letter dated last month inviting relatives of those who fought and died in Canada's decade-long mission to the May 9 National Day of Honour ceremony in Ottawa.

The letter from the Department of National Defence Director of Casualty Support Management invites families of the fallen to the capital to "commemorate our service and our sacrifices in order to achieve the security and stability we brought to Afghanistan."

The letter bills the event as a "momentous occasion," but goes on to say "your attendance would be at your own expense."

The reaction from some of the families of the 158 killed in Afghanistan was not surprising.

“It was kind of like, ‘We’re having this big special event and you can come if you want, but you